Meade Deep Sky Imager

Anyone have more info on this? Just got an email from Astronomics with
this link and some info

http://www.astronomics.com/main/prod...oduct_id=ASDSI

Is it peltier cooled? Opinions?

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Clear Skies,

Chuck

rod

which yahoo group would be the most likely to discuss this?

tnx
jtm
"Rod Mollise" wrote in message
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which yahoo group would be the most likely to discuss this?

Hi:

There's a Yahoo Autostar Suite group (isn't there a Yahoo Group for everything
;-)), and there are already a few posts on the new camera the

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/autostarsuite


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Sad to see the resolution of these astro cams still stinks compared to lowly
consumer cams. Unless you spend about $5000 that is.
-Rich

Hi Rich:

Resolution is _hardly_ the whole story.


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Sad to see the resolution of these astro cams still stinks compared to lowly
consumer cams. Unless you spend about $5000 that is.
-Rich

Hi Rich:

Resolution is _hardly_ the whole story.


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Save the dough or double
it and pick up a nice, used cooled CCD camera.

Hi:

Well, that's an option...but--silly me--I think I'll wait until I actually
_see_ some pictures from this new camera before I decide! :-)

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Save the dough or double
it and pick up a nice, used cooled CCD camera.

Hi:

Well, that's an option...but--silly me--I think I'll wait until I actually
_see_ some pictures from this new camera before I decide! :-)

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Rod Mollise
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Anyway I
pre-ordered one from Astronomics.

Hi:

Be sure to let us know when you get it. Did Astronomics have any idea how long
that would be?

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"Rod Mollise" wrote in message
...
Save the dough or double
it and pick up a nice, used cooled CCD camera.

Hi:

Well, that's an option...but--silly me--I think I'll wait until I actually
_see_ some pictures from this new camera before I decide! :-)

Me too, Rod, I'm going to wait. It seems to me though that Meade keeps
eliminating what could be potentially important things, like peltier cooling
and sensitivity, to keep costs down, yet a company like SAC has a great
peltier cooled and sensitive camera for under $600. I don't know why they
don't just kick the bucket and add these very desirable features.

W.F.


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Hi, I understand the cooling issue, but I thought the sensitivity of the
chip was quite good. Do we know which Sony chip they are using and how
they compare to the color, not black & white SAC cameras? Here's a link to
Sony chip specs ...

http://www.sony.net/Products/SC-HP/p...lor_video.html



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Clear Skies,

Chuck

"W. F. Franklin" wrote in message
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"Rod Mollise" wrote in message
...
Save the dough or double
it and pick up a nice, used cooled CCD camera.

Hi:

Well, that's an option...but--silly me--I think I'll wait until I
actually
_see_ some pictures from this new camera before I decide! :-)

Me too, Rod, I'm going to wait. It seems to me though that Meade keeps
eliminating what could be potentially important things, like peltier
cooling
and sensitivity, to keep costs down, yet a company like SAC has a great
peltier cooled and sensitive camera for under $600. I don't know why they
don't just kick the bucket and add these very desirable features.

W.F.


Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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